Container



Jan. 9, 1923.

A. L NICKERSON.

CONTAINER.

FILED JULY 3, 1920.

fnz/anzior. aiZer l. M6070 6715076 Patented .lla 9, i923.

onirao er titans ALBERT L. NICKERSON, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CONTAINER.

Application filed July 3, 1920.

To all whom it may concern.

' Be it known that I, ALBERT L. NIoKERsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Containers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to containers of the class known as collapsibletubes and more particularly to a cap for said container and means forsecuring said cap to said container.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive cap fora container, the said cap being so constructed and attached to the neckof the container that it may be quickly and easily moved into closed oropened position without accidentally be.- coming detached from saidcontainer and 10st.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaim thereof.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 represents a front elevation of acontainer embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation as viewed from the ri ht of Fig. 1.

ig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3, Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is an elevation similar to Figure 1 illustrating the cap in itsuppermost position.

Fig. 5 is an elevation similar to Figure 4 illustrating the cap in aposition to allow the contents of the container to he removed therefrom.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of Figure 4.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of Figure 5.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 1 represents the main body portion of a containerpreferably a collapsible tube formed of soft metal, although it shouldbe understood-that my invention is capable of bein embodied in othertypes of containers w ere a suitable neck portion is provided. 2represents the neck-portion of the container, the said neck portionhaving grooves 3 upon opposite sides thereof, a portion 4 of saidgrooves extending longitudinally of the neck portionand each terminatingat their lower ends in a helical portion 5 which extends a portionSerial No. 393,879.

of the distance around the circumference of the neck. The upper end ofthe longitudinal portion 4. of the groove 3 terminates a short distancebelow the upper end of the neck and the end of said groove constitutes astop to prevent the removal of a cap 6 from said ears 8 that pins may beprovided secured to the said ears without departing from the spirit ofthis invention. The lower edge of the cap 6 is so cut away at 10 thatwhen the projections 9 are located at the upper ends of the longitudinalportions 4 of the grooves 3 as illustrated in Figure 4:, that the cap 6may pivot in the upper ends of said grooves and swing to the positionillustrated in Figures 5 and 7, at which time the passage 7 is entirelyopened and the contents of the container may be removed therefrom in theusual well known manner without danger of losing the cap or without thesaid cap interfering with the removal of the said contents from thecontainer.

In closing the container the cap is moved to the position illustrated inFigure 4 and then pushed downwardly until the projections 9 reach thebottom of the longitudinal portion 4: of the grooves 3 and the cap isthen rotated whereupon the projections 9 will engage the upper edges ofthe helical portions 5 of the grooves 3 thereby forcing the undersurface of the cap 6 tightly against the top of the neck of thecontainer as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 thereby tightly closingthe passage 7.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

A. container having, in combination, a neck portion provided withgrooves formed in the opposite sides thereof and closed at their upperends said grooves each comprising a portion extending longitudinally ofsaid neck portion and a helical portion exupper ends of the longitudinalportion of 10 said grooves.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my handin presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT L. NICKERSON. Witnesses:

FRANKLIN E. Low, HERMAN R. HOFFMAN.

